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Grapevine Events: Norwegian DJs, A Birthday Party, Fisherman’s Day & More
It’s Friday and, as always, Grapevine’s got your weekend plans covered. Whether you’re looking for art or music, in Reykjavík or outside downtown, we humbly present our recommendations: Opening on Friday and closing on Saturday, Unnar Örn exhibits IN THE RUINS OF…
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Improvising Around The Country
From May 24 to June 1, Danish guitarist Jakob Bro is joining Icelandic musicians Skúli Sverrisson and Óskar Guðjónsson for an ambitious project. They will travel to 5 locations for 5 concerts, in the span of 8 days. But there’s a catch:…
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When Death Sparks Life: Davidsson’s Debut Album Lifelines
Davidsson processes the death of a father on debut album Lifelines Following the sudden death of his father, musician Þorleifur Gaukur Davíðsson found solace in music. Using his material to guide himself through the grieving process, Þorleifur embarked on his first solo…
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Grapevine Events: Prom, Christmas Rave, Skúli Sverrisson & Gustaf Ljunggren, And More!
Sure, Christmas is coming and all, but it’s far from being the only fun occasion on the cards this week. In fact, there’re so many things happening over the next few days that we didn’t have space to write about them all!…
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Grapevine New Music Picks: Prins Póló and Moses Hightower, Foreign Monkeys, and Gustaf Ljunggren with Skúli Sverrisson
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, there are finally little leaves on the trees. Hark, is that the sound of summer come at last? Oh, it’s only 4 degrees. Well, it was a nice thought while it lasted, and in…
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Grapevine Picks: Magnús and Skúli — Alicja Kwade at i8 — Salóme Katrín, ZAAR and RAKEL
The Grapevine brings you the pick of what’s going on in town this week. We’ve got album launch gigs to celebrate a couple of unique musical collaborations, and we feature the first show in a brand new art space where long-term exhibitions…
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Renaissance Man: Magnús Jóhann
Magnús Jóhann is a tad late for his Grapevine interview. Not rockstar late, you understand, although given his emergent position in the Icelandic music scene he could probably pull that kind of crap and get away with it, if he wanted. But…
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Mikael Máni Trio’s Linear Chamber Jazz
Mikael Máni appears on the screen, fresh-faced and smiling from amongst the digital distortion of a slow Skype connection. He’s in his current hometown of Stockholm, where he lives with his jazz singer girlfriend as she studies for her MA. Back home…
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Listen Carefully: Bára Gísladóttir & Skúli Sverrisson’s Collaborative Bass Odyssey
Amidst the noise and heat of KEX Hostel in the middle of a bustling Airwaves afternoon, Bára Gísaladóttir and Skúli Sverrisson and took their seats for their first ever concert together. After a brief introduction from KEXPs’ Kevin Cole, they started to…
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Bergrún’s Favourite Five Icelandic Albums
Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir is an Icelandic composer, currently finishing her master’s degree at Mills College in Oakland. Her summer has been filled with various intriguing projects. She participated in the music festival Only Connect/Tectonics in Oslo, where the Oslo Philharmonic performed a piece…
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Happening Thursday: ‘Saumur’ Release Party At Mengi
‘Saumur’ is the latest album to be released on Mengi’s label, and features ambitious musical creations from a trio of talented musicians: Skúli Sverrisson on bass, Hilmar Jensson on guitar and Arve Henriksen on vocals. The album surveys a vast range of…
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Grísalappalísa’s Tumi’s Airwaves Highlights Of The Day
Mengi is a fantastic venue and on Saturday there is a showcase from its resident artists. 16:00 – Skúli Sverrisson in Mengi (off-venue) 17:00 – Kippi Kaninus in Mengi 18:00 – Collective Improv 19:00 – Dj Flugvél og Geimskip Skúli Sverrisson is one…
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Just Gimme Indie Rock, Again: Blonde Redhead Revisit Reykjavík
Blonde Redhead have an interesting connection to Reykjavík’s indie scene. Having developed an ardent local following trough the years, this visit marked the trio’s fifth concert trip to Iceland (quite a feat for a foreign band) since they first graced our stages…
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The Mengi Set
Amongst the fast-changing merry-go-round of music venues in Reykjavík’s city centre, something unusual sprang up around last Christmas: a small, homely, unassuming performance space on Oðinsgata, called Mengi. It appeared quite suddenly, passed around initially only by word of mouth, but quickly…
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Fucking The Pain Away, Surf Punk And Nice Guys
On Saturday night, the salt was no longer thick in the air. Thank God. We had stopped fearing for our lives and the wind had calmed to a mere breeze. We could freely walk the streets without fear of decapitation by a…
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MUST SEE COVER ARTISTS
If you are holding one of four editions of this year’s Airwaves issue, featuring one of four musicians—Ásgeir Trausti, Gísli Pálmi, Skúli Sverrisson or sóley—that we think are doing some pretty great things these days. Ásgeir Trausti This singer-songwriter wunderkind…